“Regarding Iran's nuclear energy program, certain world powers are preventing our country’s talks with the P5+1 from yielding results by creating problems and throwing spanners in the works,” Larijani said in a meeting with Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Bai Lichen in Tehran on Sunday.

Describing the relations between Iran and China as a means for consolidating stability in the region, Larijani added, “The continuation of close bilateral consultations and talks regarding important regional and international issues could help peace and security in the region.”

The Iranian official added that Iranian and Chinese leaders are determined to expand all-out ties between the two countries.

Bai, for his part, stressed Iran’s right to use peaceful nuclear energy, adding that Tehran’s “independent policies” after the 1979 Islamic Revolution was the cause of the anti-Iranian sanctions imposed by the West.